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Clearing heat
清热 〔清熱〕qīng rè
Also clearing. A method of treatment used to address heat using cool and cold medicinals, in accordance with the principle referred to in heat is treated with cold.
Clearing heat is used in the treatment of interior heat patterns such as qì-aspect heat, blood-aspect heat, damp-heat, and yáng sore patterns. Clearing heat is a generic term that corresponds to clearing among the eight methods. It includes clearing heat (in a more specific sense), draining fire, and resolving toxin. The distinction between clearing heat and draining fire rests on the distinction between specific senses of the terms heat and fire. Here, fire denotes a form of repletion heat arising from the transformation of other evils and from the transformation of yáng qì (see fire). Resolving toxin is the removal of any toxin, and clearing heat and resolving toxin refers to the method of treating severe redness, swelling and pain, and suppuration. Clearing heat and draining fire is poorly distinguished from clearing heat and resolving toxin, and in modern literature either term is used to cover the two. When the word clear is followed by a word denoting a part of the body, the implication is that heat is removed from that part of the body. Thus, clear provisioning means to clear provisioning heat. Clearing blood heat is conventionally referred to as cooling the blood. In modern clinical practice, the main methods of clearing heat are listed above. See also clearing damp-heat and clearing heat and resolving the exterior.
Heat-Clearing Methods
Clearing qì-aspect heat - Clearing provisioning and cooling the blood
Clearing both qì and provisioning - Clearing heat and resolving summerheat
- Clearing heat and resolving toxin
- Clearing bowel and visceral heat
- Clearing vacuity heat
Heat-Clearing Medicinals
Heat-Clearing Fire-Draining Medicinals (清热泻火药)
石膏 (shí gāo) gypsum (Gypsum Fibrosum)生石膏 (shēng shí gāo) crude gypsum (Gypsum Crudum)知母 (zhī mǔ) anemarrhena (Anemarrhenae Rhizoma)芦根 (lú gēn) phragmites (Phragmitis Rhizoma)鲜芦根 (xiān lú gēn) fresh phragmites (Phragmititis Rhizoma Recens)天花粉 (tiān huā fěn) trichosanthes root (Trichosanthis Radix)山栀子 (shān zhī zǐ) gardenia (Gardeniae Fructus)夏枯草 (xià kū cǎo) prunella (Prunellae Spica)淡竹叶 (dàn zhú yè) lophatherum(Lophatheri Herba)竹叶 (zhú yè) lophatherum(Bambusae Folium)寒水石 (hán shuǐ shí) glauberite (Gypsum seu Calcitum)鸭跖草 (yā zhí cǎo) dayflower(Commelinae Herba)密蒙花 (mì méng huā) buddleia (Buddleja Flos)青葙子 (qīng xiāng zǐ) celosia (Celosiae Semen)西瓜 (xī guā) watermelon (Citrulli Fructus)西瓜皮 (xī guā pí) watermelon rind (Citrulli Exocarpium)西瓜霜 (xī guā shuāng) watermelon frost (Mirabilitiet Citrulli Praeparatio)
Heat-Clearing Dampness-Drying Medicinals (
黄芩 (huáng qín) scutellaria (Scutellariae Radix)黄连 (huánglián) coptis (Coptidis Rhizoma)黄柏 (huángbǎi) phellodendron (Phellodendri Cortex)龙胆 (lóng dǎn)gentian (Gentianae Radix)苦参 (kǔ shēn)flavescent sophora (Sophorae FlavescentisRadix)马尾连 (mǎ wěilián) meadow rue (Thalictri Rhizoma et Radix)十大功劳叶 (shí dàgōng láo yè) mahonia (Mahoniae Folium)
Heat-Clearing Blood-Cooling Medicinals (清热凉血药)
犀角 (xī jiǎo) rhinoceros horn (Rhinocerotis Cornu)水牛角 (shuǐ niú jiǎo) water buffalo horn (BubaliCornu)干地黄 (gān dìhuáng) dried rehmannia (RehmanniaeRadix)鲜地黄 (xiān dìhuáng) fresh rehmannia (Rehmanniae Radix Recens)玄参 (xuán shēn) scrophularia(Scrophulariae Radix)牡丹皮 (mǔ dān pí) moutan (Moutan Cortex)赤芍药 (chì sháo yào) red peony(Paeoniae Radix Rubra)牡丹皮 (mǔ dān pí) moutan (Moutan Cortex)赤芍药 (chì sháo yào) red peony(Paeoniae Radix Rubra)- 紫草 (zǐ cǎo) arnebia/lithospermum(Arnebiae/Lithospermi Radix)
Heat-Clearing Toxin-Resolving Medicinals (清热解毒)
金银花 (jīn yín huā) lonicera (Lonicerae Flos)忍冬藤 (rěn dōngténg) lonicera stem and leaf (Lonicerae Caulis)连翘 (liánqiào) forsythia (Forsythiae Fructus)蒲公英 (pú gōng yīng)dandelion (Taraxaci Herba)紫花地丁 (zǐ huā dì dīng) violet(Violae Herba)地丁 (dì dīng) violet (Violae Herba cum Radice)大青叶 (dà qīng yè) isatis leaf(Isatidis Folium)板蓝根 (bǎn lán gēn)isatis root (Isatidis Radix)青黛 (qīng dài) indigo (Indigo Naturalis)穿心莲 (chuān xīn lián)andrographis (Andrographis Herba)牛黄 (niúhuáng) bovine bezoar (Bovis Calculus)蚤休 (zǎo xiū)paris (Paridis Rhizoma)半边莲 (bàn biān lián) Chinese lobelia (Lobeliae Chinensis Herba)拳参 (quán shēn) bistort (Bistortae Rhizoma)石指甲 (shí zhǐ jiǎ) hanging stonecrop (Sedi Herba)土茯苓 (tǔ fú líng) smooth greenbrier root (Smilacis Glabrae Rhizoma)鱼腥草 (yú xīng cǎo) houttuynia (Houttuyniae Herba)射干 (shè gān) belamcanda (Belamcandae Rhizoma)山豆根 (shān dòu gēn) bushy sophora (Sophorae Tonkinensis Radix)马勃 (mǎ bó) puffball (Lasiosphaera seu Calvatia)马齿苋 (mǎ chǐ xiàn) purslane (Portulacae Herba)白头翁 (bái tóu wēng) pulsatilla (Pulsatillae Radix)秦皮 (qín pí) ash (Fraxini Cortex)鸦胆子 (yā dǎn zǐ) brucea (Bruceae Fructus)大血藤 (dà xuè téng) sargentodoxa (SargentodoxaeCaulis)败酱草 (bài jiàngcǎo) patrinia (Patriniae Herba)墓头回 (mùtóu huí) heterophyllous patrinia (Patriniae HeterophyllaeRadix)白花蛇舌草 (hedyotis) bái huā shé shé cǎo (Oldenlandiae Diffusae Herba)熊胆 (xióng dǎn) bear’s gall(Ursi Fel)白蔹 (bái liǎn) ampelopsis(Ampelopsis Radix)白鲜皮 (bái xiān pí)dictamnus (Dictamni Cortex)漏芦 (lòu lú)rhaponticum (Rhapontici Radix)山慈姑 (shān cí gū)cremastra/pleione(Cremastrae seu Pleiones Pseudobulbus)冬青叶 (dōng qīng yè)Chinese ilex leaf (Ilicis Chinensis Folium)天荞麦根 (tiān qiáomài gēn) wild buckwheat root (Fagopyri Cymosi Rhizoma et Radix)地锦草 (dì jǐn cǎo) humifuseeuphorbia (Euphorbiae Humifusae Herba)白毛夏枯草 (bái máo xià kūcǎo) bending bugle (Ajugae DecumbentisHerba)鬼针草 (guǐ zhēn cǎo) Spanishneedles (Bidentis Bipinnatae Herba)绿豆皮 (lǜ dòu pí) mung bean seed-coat (Phaseoli Radiati Testa)千里光 (qiān lǐ guāng) climbing groundsel (Senecionis ScandentisHerba)葎草 (lǜ cǎo) Japanese hop (Humuli ScandentisHerba)虎耳草 (hǔ ěr cǎo) saxifrage (Saxifragae Herba)地耳草 (dì ěr cǎo) lesser hypericum (Hyperici JaponiciHerba)青叶胆 (qīng yèdǎn) mile swertia (Swertiae MileensisHerba)鸡骨草 (jī gǔ cǎo) prayer-beads(Abri Herba)九节茶 (jiǔ jié chá) sarcandra(Sarcandrae Ramulus et Folium)半枝莲 (bàn zhīlián) bearded scutellaria (Scutellariae Barbatae Herba)天葵子 (tiān kuí zǐ) semiaquilegia root (SemiaquilegiaeRadix)龙葵 (lóng kuí) black nightshade(Solani Nigri Herba)白毛藤 (bái máo téng) climbing nightshade(Solani Lyrati Herba)蛇莓 (shé mé) snake strawberry(Duchesneae Herba)凤尾草 (fèng wěi cǎo)phoenix-tail fern (Pteridis Multifidi Herba)白马骨 (bái mǎ gǔ) serissa (Serissae Herba) 委陵菜 (wěi língcài) Chinese silverweed (Potentillae Chinensis Herba)金莲花 (jīn lián huā) globeflower(Trollii Flos)挂金灯 (guà jīndēng) lantern plant calyx (Physalis Calyx seu Fructus)蒟蒻 (jǔ ruò) devil’s tongue (AmorphophalliTuber)酸浆 (suān jiāng) lantern plant(Physalis Alkekengi Herba)金果榄 (jīn guǒlǎn) tinospora root (Tinosporae Radix)橄榄 (gǎn lǎn) Chinese olive (CanariiFructus)万年青根 (wàn nián qīng gēn)rohdea root (Rohdeae Rhizoma et Radix)藏青果 (zàng qīng guǒ)unripe chebule (Chebulae Fructus Immaturus)
Vacuity-Heat–Clearing Medicinals (清虚热药)
青蒿 (qīng hāo) sweet wormwood (Artemisiae Annuae Herba)白薇 (bái wēi) black swallowwort (Cynanchi Atrati Radix)地骨皮 (dì gǔ pí) lycium root bark (LyciiCortex)银柴胡 (yín chái hú) stellaria(Stellariae Radix)胡黄连 (húhuáng lián) picrorhiza (Picrorhizae Rhizoma)